Hard Yacka. The Story Of A Gallipoli Legend

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Mira
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2010
Edition: Third Edition

Description: 537 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Michael Lawriwskys insightful Hard Jacka breathes life into the real man behind the legend of Albert Jacka, VC Jacka to his superiors, Bert to his mates, our Albert to his proud mother. Hard Jacka is a superb account of the man whose acts of selfless heroism at Gallipoli would win him a VC, whose insubordination antagonised his seniors and whose bravery in the battlefields of France would win him the unswerving loyalty of his mates. Hard Jacka is a rich and fascinating story about Albert Jacka and the Great War, its heroes and anti-heroes, their sacrifice, determination and larrikin humour. Its a compelling tale about the deep bonds that life in the trenches developed between men the quintessential Aussie mateship.

ISBN: 9781921685774